My First Foley!!!

[snwflknurse]

I am so excited! I did my first Foley tonight, on a female. I was super nervous since I got totally yelled out by a passive agressive instructor last semester in clinicals that I "just didn't seem confident" and "she guessed she would check me off" (the dummy/manikin test)

Anyhoo, fast forward to Lifespan, 2nd semester and a great new instructor! She was super supportive and encouraging, and I did AWESOME. No breaks in sterile technique, and I found the urethra right away:) .

I'm SO excited! :) :) :) Just had to share!

[dcoffee]

How cool! I'm looking forward to my first foley. Now, the NG tube is one procedure I am NOT looking forward to ever doing.

I witnessed an RN trying to insert an NG tube into a VERY uncooperative patient during my CNA clinicals last year, and the experience will be forever burned into my brain.

I'm an LVN student, and I've done several foleys and many NG tubes, for some reason the NG was the very thing I feard, and Now, I would much rather do an NG than a foley! :)